Shell and ginglymoid ligaments.

LIGAMENTS Cruciate Ligaments Anterior Cruciate Ligament

noninvasive tool that can aid in the evaluation of the entire spectrum of internal derangements of the knee. Although the cost varies considerably across the country, the average cost of knee MRI is on the order of several hundred to more than a thousand dollars. The noninvasiveness of MRI combined with its relatively low cost have led to its acceptance by the orthopaedic community, and MRI of ...

Ankle ligaments on MRI: appearance of normal and injured ligaments.

OBJECTIVE The objective of our study was to provide a pictorial survey of MR images of ankle ligaments in various conditions from intact to disrupted. CONCLUSION MR images of ankle ligaments from a sample of patients with ankle pain or injury are presented and reviewed.

XI. Muscles, Ligaments, and Tendons

Tissue Engineering of Ligaments

The main function of a ligament is to connect one bone to another bone across a joint, keeping them aligned to prevent abnormal motions and dislocations. The typical magnitude of force a ligament may experience during day-to-day activities varies. For example the anterior cruciate ligament of the knee can be exposed to daily tensile forces ranging between 67N for ascending stairs to 630N for jo...

Ligaments and genetics: Marfan’s and Ehlers Danlos

Marfan’s syndrome (MFS) is inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder and has been linked to the fibrillin-1 gene on chromosome 15q(21.1) – FBN1. 15% of cases are due to sporadic mutations and therefore there will be no accompanying family history in these individuals which may delay the diagnosis. Fibrillin-1 (a glycoprotein) is a major component of microfibrils found in many connective tissu...